Date Issued: 8 February 2000
Mountain Cedar location(s): Edwards Plateau, Texas
Regional weather: Tuesday, February 8 - TX/OK: Cloudy along the TX coast this morning, otherwise clear to partly cloudy across the region and that will continue through Wednesday. Some late-night or early morning clouds/fog may regenerate in some areas tonight. Warm today and Wednesday. Becoming breezy to windy on Wednesday for many areas. Highs today in the 60's and 70's warming to mostly 70's on Wednesday. Lows tonight from the 30's to 50's.
Trajectory weather: Sunny today, clear tonight, high in the 70's, low in the 40's. Fair Wednesday, high in the 60's AR, 70's OK.
Trajectory confidence: High
OUTLOOK: *** Low to Mild Threat *** We are nearing the end of the pollen season, so there is little pollen available for release. Temperatures are favorable across the Plateau. Humidities are favorable in the west at late morning and becoming favorable in the east. Winds are light. Some light release is possible, particularly in the west. Residents of central and north-central TX are the most likely to be affected. TK
Trajectory Start(s) (shown by * on map): Austin, TX; Junction, TX; San Angelo, TX
Austin, TX
Junction, TX
San Angelo, TX
Prepared by: Thomas Keever (Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, NCSU), Estelle Levetin (Faculty of Biological Science, The University of Tulsa, 600 S. College, Tulsa, OK 74104), and C.E. Main (Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7618). This forecast gives the anticipated future track of released Mountain Cedar pollen, weather conditions over the region and along the forecast pathway, and an estimated time of arrival for various metropolitan areas.
Questions: Aerobiology Lab e-mail: pollen@utulsa.edu
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